-136A (X301361)
Astronomical Diary, Parthian, Babylon · c. 141 BCE–224 CE
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| Designation | -136A |
|---|---|
| ID | X301361 |
| Museum no. | BM 41841 + 41881 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Parthian · c. 141 BCE–224 CE |
| Genre | Astronomical Diary |
| Find spot | Babylon |
| Coordinates | 32.5434, 44.4222 |
English translation
By ORACC project adsd/adart3 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'o 1'–o 1'o 1' | [...] low to the south [...] ... [...] |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [... Night of the 1]9th, last part of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits above ζ Tauri, the moon having passed 1/2 cubit to the east. Night [of the 20th, last part of the night,] |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [... Ni]ght of the 21st, last part of the night, the moon was 1 cubit in front of β Geminorum, the moon being 1 cubit low to the south. Night of the 22nd, last part of the night, the m[oon] |
| Obverse [3:4] o 4'4'–o 4'4' | [...] x cubits low to the south. Night of the 24th, last part of the night, the moon was 1 cubit in front of α Leonis, the moon being 2 cubits high to the north. |
| Obverse [4:5] o 5'5'–o 5'5' | [... x]+2 cubits high to the north. Night of the 26th, last part of the night, the moon was 2 1/2 cubits behind θ Leonis, the moon being 4 cubits low to the south. |
| Obverse [5:7] o 6'6'–o 7'7' | [... Mer]cury’s last appearance in the west in Virgo; Saturn and Mars were in Libra; the 30th, Saturn reached Scorpius. |
| Obverse [6:7] o 7'7'–o 7'7' | [Month VII, (the 1st of which was identical with) the 30th (of the preceding month) ... the moon was ... in front of β Librae (..)] it stood [x]+2 1/2 cubits [in front of Mars] to the west. The 1st, sunset to setting of Mars: 17°. Night of the 2nd, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits in front of δ Scorpii, it stood 1 cubit 20 fingers behind Saturn to the east. |
| Obverse [7:8] o 8'8'–o 8'8' | [... Night of the 4th], the moon was 2 1/2 cubits behind θ Ophiuchi, the moon being 1 cubit high to the north. The 5th, equinox; I did not watch. The 6th, Mercury’s first appearance in the east in Virgo; |
| Obverse [8:10] o 9'9'– | [...] low to the south. Night of the 8th, beginning of the night, the moon was 1 1/2 cubits below γ Capricorni. The 8th, sunset to setting of Saturn: 18°. Around the 10th, Mars’ last appearance in Scorpius. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1'r 1'–r 1'r 1' | [... x]+1/2 cubits low to the south. [The 12th,moonset to sunrise: nn°, mea]sured. Night of the 13th, moonrise to sunset: 3°, measured (despite) mist; beginning of the night, the moon was 4 1/2 cub[its] below β Arietis |
| Reverse [1:2] r 2'2'–r 2'2' | [...] ...; at 1,19° before sunrise. [The 13th], sunrise to moonset: 4°, measured (despite) mist. Around the 13th, Saturn’s last appearance in the beginning of Scorpius. Night of the 14th, sunset to moonrise: 5°, measured. |
| Reverse [2:3] r 3'3'–r 3'3' | [...] Night of the 17th, last part of the night, the moon was 2/3 cubit above μ Geminorum, the moon being 1/2 cubit back to the west; last part of the night, Mercury was [...] above α Virginis |
| Reverse [3:4] r 4'4'–r 4'4' | [...] ⸢x⸣ cubits, the moon being 1 cubit low to the south. Night of the 20th, last part of the night, the moon was [1?] 1/2? cubits behind δ Cancri, the moon being 3sic 1/2 cubits high to the north. |
| Reverse [4:5] r 5'5'–r 5'5' | [... Night of the 22nd, last part of the night, the moon was] 2 cubits behind α Leonis. Night of the 23rd, last part of the night, the moon was 1 cubit behind θ Leonis, the moon being 4 cubits low to the south. Night of the 24th, last part of the night, the moon was |
| Reverse [5:6] r 6'6'–r 6'6' | [...] ... Night of the 26th, first part of the night, Jupiter was 3 1/2 [cubits] below β Arietis; [last part of the night], the moon was [...] above α Virginis |
| Reverse [6:7] r 7'7'–r 7'7' | [...] moonrise to sunrise: [nn°]; it was bright, measured. The 27th, rising of Mercury to sunrise: 14°. The 28th, solar eclipse, [when I watched I did not] see it; at 1.21° before sunset. |
| Reverse [7:9] r 8'8'–r 9'9' | [... Sat]urn was in Scorpius; around the 13th, Saturn’s last appearance in the beginning of Scorpius; Mars was in [Scorpius]; the 10th, Mars’ last appearance in Scorpius. |
| Reverse [8:9] r 9'9'–r 9'9' | [Month VIII, the 1st (of which followed the 30th of the preceding month), ...] x cubits, the moon being 1/2 cubit back to the west. Night [...] 3 1/2 cubits [... η ] Piscium |
| Reverse [9:10] r 10'10'–r 10'10' | [...] α Arietis [...] |
| Reverse [10:11] r 11'11'–r 11'11' | [...] sunrise to moonset: x°, clouds [...] |
| Reverse [11:13] r 12'12'– | [...] last part of the night, the moon was [...] |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 1'b.e. 1'–b.e. 1'b.e. 1' | [...] year 115, king Arsaces. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
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| o | ||
| 1' | [...] ana ULU₃ SIG [x] ⸢x x x x x⸣ [...] | |
| 2' | [... GE₆] 19 ina ⸢ZALAG₂⸣ sin ⸢e⸣ ŠUR-GIGIR-ša₂-ULU₃ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana NIM DIB ⸢GE₆⸣ 20 ina ZALAG₂] | |
| 3' | [...] ⸢GE₆⸣ 21 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI MAŠ.MAŠ-ar₂ 1 KUŠ₃ sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG GE₆ 22 ina ZALAG₂ ⸢sin⸣ | |
| 4' | [...] ⸢x⸣ KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG GE₆ 24 ina ZALAG₂ sin ina IGI LUGAL 1 KUŠ₃ sin 2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM | |
| 5' | [... x]+2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM GE₆ 26 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ GIŠ.KUN-A 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 4 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢GU₄⸣.UD ina ŠU₂ ina ABSIN ŠU₂ GENNA u AN ina RIN₂ 30 GENNA GIR₂.TAB KUR | |
| 7' | [DU₆ 30 ... sin ina IGI RIN₂-ša₂-SI n n (...) ina IGI AN x]+2 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ GUB 1 17 na AN GE₆ 2 sin ina IGI MUL₂-MURUB₄-ša₂-SAG-GIR₂.TAB 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ ar₂ GENNA 1 KUŠ₃ 20 SI ana NIM GUB | |
| 8' | [... GE₆ 4 sin ar₂ MUL₂-KUR-ša₂-KIR₄-šil-PA 2 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM 5 LAL₂-ti₃ NU PAP 6 GU₄.UD in NIM ina ABSIN IGI | |
| 9' | [... ana] ⸢ULU₃⸣ SIG GE₆ 8 SAG GE₆ sin SIG MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SUHUR-MAŠ₂ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ 8 18 na⸣ GENNA in 10 AN ina GIR₂.TAB ŠU₂ | |
| r | ||
| 1' | [... x]+1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG 12 n ŠU₂] ⸢muš⸣ GE₆ 13 3 ME a-kam₂ muš SAG GE₆ sin SIG MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SAG-HUN 4 1/2 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ | |
| 2' | [...] ⸢x⸣ in 1.19 GE₆ ana ZALAG₂ 13 4 na a-kam₂ muš in 13 GENNA ina SAG GIR₂.TAB ŠU₂ GE₆ 14 5 GE₆ muš | |
| 3' | [...] GE₆ 17 ina ZALAG₂ sin e MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-še-pit₂-MAŠ.MAŠ 2/3 KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL ina ZALAG₂ GU₄.UD e SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN | |
| 4' | n n ...] ⸢x⸣ KUŠ₃ sin 1 KUŠ₃ ana ULU₃ SIG GE₆ 20 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-ALLA-ša₂-ULU₃ 1 1/2 KUŠ₃ sin 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana SI NIM | |
| 5' | [... GE₆ 22 ina ZALAG₂ sin] ⸢ar₂⸣ LUGAL 2 KUŠ₃ GE₆ 23 ina ZALAG₂ sin ar₂ GIŠ.KUN-A 1 KUŠ₃ sin 4 ⸢KUŠ₃⸣ [ana] ⸢ULU₃⸣ SIG GE₆ 24 ina ZALAG₂ sin | |
| 6' | [...] ⸢x⸣ GE₆ 26 USAN MUL₂.BABBAR SIG MUL₂-IGI-ša₂-SAG-HUN 3 1/2 [KUŠ₃ ina ZALAG₂] sin e SA₄-ša₂-ABSIN | |
| 7' | n n ...] ⸢KUR⸣ KUR₄ muš 27 14 na GU₄.UD 28 AN.KU₁₀ šamaš₂ [ki PAP NU] IGI in 1.21 ME ana ŠU₂ šamaš₂ | |
| 8' | [...] ⸢GENNA⸣ ina GIR₂.TAB in 13 GENNA ina SAG GIR₂.TAB ŠU₂ ⸢AN ina⸣ [GIR₂.TAB] 10 AN ina GIR₂.TAB ŠU₂ | |
| 9' | [APIN 1 ...] x KUŠ₃ sin 1/2 KUŠ₃ ana ŠU₂ LAL ⸢GE₆⸣ [...] DUR-nu-nu 3 1/2 KUŠ₃ | |
| 10' | [...] MUL₂-ar₂-ša₂-SAG-HUN [...] | |
| 11' | [...] ⸢x⸣ na DIR [...] | |
| 12' | [...] ina ZALAG₂ sin [...] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 1' | [...] ⸢MU 1 ME 60+15.KAM₂⸣ {m}ar-ša₂-ka-a LUGAL | |
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